Isaiah 1:17

New Century Version

Learn to do good. Seek justice. Punish those who hurt others. Help the orphans. Stand up for the rights of widows.”

Cross References

Psalm 34:14

Stop doing evil and do good. Look for peace and work for it.

Exodus 22:21

“Do not cheat or hurt a foreigner, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 15:25

The Lord will tear down the proud person’s house, but he will protect the widow’s property.

Proverbs 21:3

Doing what is right and fair is more important to the Lord than sacrifices.

Proverbs 31:9

Speak up and judge fairly, and defend the rights of the poor and needy.”

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels and friends of thieves. They all accept money for doing wrong, and they are paid to cheat people. They don’t seek justice for the orphans or listen to the widows’ needs.

Isaiah 10:2

They are not fair to the poor, and they rob my people of their rights. They allow people to steal from widows and to take from orphans what really belongs to them.

Isaiah 56:1

This is what the Lord says: “Give justice to all people, and do what is right, because my salvation will come to you soon. Soon everyone will know that I do what is right.

Isaiah 58:6

“I will tell you the kind of fast I want: Free the people you have put in prison unfairly and undo their chains. Free those to whom you are unfair and stop their hard labor.

Jeremiah 21:12

Family of David, this is what the Lord says: You must judge people fairly every morning. Save the person who has been robbed from the power of his attacker. If you don’t, I will become very angry. My anger will be like a fire that no one can put out, because you have done evil things.

Jeremiah 22:3

This is what the Lord says: Do what is fair and right. Save the one who has been robbed from the power of his attacker. Don’t mistreat or hurt the foreigners, orphans, or widows. Don’t kill innocent people here.

Jeremiah 35:15

I sent all my servants the prophets to you again and again, saying, “Each of you must stop doing evil. You must change and be good. Do not follow other gods to serve them. If you obey me, you will live in the land I have given to you and your ancestors.” But you have not listened to me or paid attention to my message.

Ezekiel 18:31

Get rid of all the sins you have done, and get for yourselves a new heart and a new way of thinking. Why do you want to die, people of Israel?

Ezekiel 22:7

The people in you hate their fathers and mothers. They mistreat the foreigners in you and wrong the orphans and widows in you.

Ezekiel 45:9

“ ‘This is what the Lord God says: You have gone far enough, you rulers of Israel! Stop being cruel and hurting people, and do what is right and fair. Stop forcing my people out of their homes, says the Lord God.

Daniel 4:27

So, O king, please accept my advice. Stop sinning and do what is right. Stop doing wicked things and be kind to the poor. Then you might continue to be successful.”

Micah 6:8

The Lord has told you, human, what is good; he has told you what he wants from you: to do what is right to other people, love being kind to others, and live humbly, obeying your God.

Zephaniah 2:3

Come to the Lord, all you who are not proud, who obey his laws. Do what is right. Learn to be humble. Maybe you will escape on the day the Lord shows his anger.

Zechariah 8:16

These are the things you should do: Tell each other the truth. In the courts judge with truth and complete fairness.

Deuteronomy 14:29

This is for the Levites so they may eat and be full. (They have no land of their own among you.) It is also for strangers, orphans, and widows who live in your towns so that all of them may eat and be full. Then the Lord your God will bless you and all the work you do.

James 1:27

Religion that God accepts as pure and without fault is this: caring for orphans or widows who need help, and keeping yourself free from the world’s evil influence.